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Posted by Douglas_Banter]]>
Thu, 08 Dec 2016 06:37:56 -0800Portland Mercury
Ok. build homes, house the homeless/houseless... and then what? What are the NEXT STEPS besides building camps that have little to no oversight? What is being done to assist these people into transitioning off of the streets?

How much money are we going to throw at this problem without having an actual plan to get these people back on their feet?

Remember how much money the city spent on the camp underneath the Steel Bridge? $67,000 for a storage container that no one uses, and then disbanding the camp. $28,000 for one at Hazelnut Grove while allowing countless un-permitted permanent structures (which is a code violation... again, no oversight).

How much money is the city going to have to pay the property owner whose house was fire damaged due to the unregulated "Forgotten Realms" camp? How much did it cost to sweep the Springwater Corridor, only to have campers return a few days later? How about the cost of removing all the garbage and debris, or the environmental impact?

What is the long-term plan here? I've yet to hear anyone describe what is being done besides letting people camp on publicly-owned land throwing endless amounts of taxpayer money out the window.
Posted by Douglas_Banter]]>
Thu, 08 Dec 2016 06:33:22 -0800Portland Mercury
I'm all for sanctioned camps WITH oversight. It seems to me, and no one has yet to prove otherwise, that the people at these camps are just lingering there... I've heard nothing of efforts to get them off the streets, get them jobs, or get them back on their feet. They simply live there, building un-permitted structures (that no one cares about... unless you build one in a residential neighborhood), hoarding junk and remaining in a perpetual state of camping.

Don't believe me? Get offline, quit forming your opinions from the internet and take a drive past Hazelnut Grove... go take a visit to Dignity Village. See for yourself how these camps are operated. Forgotten Realms is gone, but you should have seen it before the fire.

Actually seeing these camps will make you wonder what Hales is really doing... because there doesn't seem to be a long-term plan in place.
Posted by Douglas_Banter]]>
Thu, 08 Dec 2016 06:14:12 -0800Portland Mercury
Posted by pollo]]>
Wed, 07 Dec 2016 22:53:24 -0800Portland Mercury